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5. D. HARRIS CONTAINER May "12, 1936.

Filed Aug. 25, 1934 v INVENTOR. JflMl/LL D. WIPE/.5

Patented May 12, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a container and particularly relates to a pouring spout on the container.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a container for a pouring spout so arranged, constructed and located that all of the contents of the container, when filled with loose articles, such as sugar, salt, and the like, may be poured from the container through the pouring spout.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a container in which the side Walls meet to provide a corner with a pouring spout punched from the side walls in such a manner that it may be easily and quickly moved to position to form a pouring spout and, subsequently to use, easily and quickly moved to its former position to form parts of the inclosing side walls of the container.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists of the combination of arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood from a reference to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification and in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of a blank used for making the invention inverted as to position relatively to Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a container embodying the invention, prior to the movement of the pouring spout'to operative position.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the container inverted, with the top at the bottom, as usually the pouring spout is formed at the top of the container.

The container, as I have illustrated, is formed preferably from a single sheet of material such as cardboard or the like and in Fig. 4 I have illustrated a fragment of the blank from which the container is made. The formation of these containers is well-known and it is believed that the illustration of the blank shown in Fig. 4 is sufiicient to indicate the application of the invention. The strip of material is provided with scorings l1 and I8 along which the side walls 8 and 9 may be folded to extend at right angles to the end wall 1. The side wall 9 is provided with a flap ID at its upper end and the end wall 'I is provided with a flap 24 while the side wall 8 is provided with a flap I3. These flaps I0, 24, and I3, are foldable 5 inwardly on the scorings l4, l5 and 16, to form the top of the container. These parts, when in folded position, are glued or otherwise secured to form the top of the carton or container.

When the blank is being formed I score or cut in a portion of the blank which forms the end 5. Wall 1 and the flap 24 the interrupted line I9 to determine, on the flap portion 24, the spout formin portion 20 and on the end wall I, the spout forming portion 22. As shown in Fig. 4 the flap 24 is cut away at one side to provide 10 the space I2 and the portion 20 is provided with the tongue 2| which extends upwardly into the space 12. In order to provide greater body in the tongue 2|, the line 33 is slanted slightly so that it does not extend at right angles to the line of 15 fold I6, These spout forming portions 20 and 22 are foldable on the line 23 to extend at right angles to each other. Since the line I9 is interrupted, a scorin of the flap 24 to extend at right angles to the end wall 7 will effect the folding of 20 the spout forming portions 20 and 22 on the line 23, as this line forms a continuation of the line l5. In use when the spout forming portions have been moved to the position shown in Fig; 1 the portions 29 and 22 are connected to the side wall 25 8 only along the line I! and these portions 20 and 22 are foldable relatively to each other on the line 23. In such circumstances it is obvious that there has been a portion cut away from two of the wall forming portions of the container, 30 when it is considered that the flap 24 may be termed, in this regard, a wall forming portion.

The top forming flaps would be secured in position after the container has been filled with loose articles for which it is designed for use. The 35 container would then be in the form shown in Fig. 5 and the user, by pressing inwardly on the wall I along the line l9, would be able to sever the spout forming portion 22 from the wall 1 so that upon an insertion of the finger nail be- 40 neath this spout forming portion 22, the same may be pulled outwardly, swinging on the line I1 as an axis and tearing the spout forming portion 20 apart from the flap 24. Thus the spout forming portions may be pulled outwardly into the posi- 45 tion shown in Fig. 1 and the contents of the container poured outwardly through the opening, I9 on to the pouring spout. It will be noted that the inner faces of the portions 20 and 22 are flush with the inner faces of the flap 24 and the side walls 50 respectively. As shown in Fig. 2, the tongue 2| will serve as a stop finger to prevent the swinging of the spout outwardly beyond a predetermined position through the engagement of the finger with the wall I. As the spout is swung outwardly,

on account of the curvature of the edge of the portion 20, this edge will engage the wall I at the opening I9 prior'to the engagement of the tongue with this wall and resist swinging of the spout so as to serve as a check on the movement before the final stopping of the movement is effected by the Thus after the pouring operation the spout forming portions may be swung inwardly as tolie in the original position and form a closure for the opening I92 In this movement the tongue 2| willfall into thespace I2 and in the outward movement it'will ride over the edge of the flap 24 into the position shown in Fig. 2. 5

Thus I have provided a container with a pouring spout solocated that the entire contents of the container may be poured therefrom through V the spout, resulting primarily in the location of appended claim.

the spout at the corner and the edges of the 7 container.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent'is:

A container having a pair of side walls extending angularly to each other and a cover portion extending angularly to one of said side walls; a portion cut from one of said side walls and swingable outwardly on the line of folding between said side wall and an adjacent wall; a portion severed from said cover and carried by said cut-away portion to provide therewith, when swung outwardly, a trough-shaped spout, said severed portion swinging outwardly through the opening formed at the original location of the cut-away portion; and a tongue extending inwardly from said severed portion at one edge thereof and projecting beyond the edge of the opening upon' outward swinging of said portions to provide a stop for limiting the outward swinging" of said portions, one edge of said cover being cut-awaylfor providing a space into which said SAMUEL D. HARRIS. 

